The George Francis-Riverview Park borders the Neosho River. When I showed up to play the course, the Neosho River was looking like the Atlantic Ocean. I could see 6-8 baskets sticking up in the flooded waters. The water was up to the chains on most of them. As usual, I had to remain vigilante for Smokers. They are a very nasty group of thugs always looking to rip off my possessions.

I was able to find the course's starting point. It begins out past the restrooms. # 18 was out of the flooded area, as well. The course seems to feature a nice variety of lengths with four holes playing in the 200' range and # 2 and # 13 being much longer at 600' and 782', respectfully. The course is mostly flat, fairly wide open with scattered large trees. The pads are nice sized and grippy. The baskets are fairly well done, homemade ones painted a golden, yellow color. The signs seem to be an area of concern. They are fairly simple and don't always give you all the information needed.

I was able to play 1-6 and # 18. They all seemed a bit repetitive and less than creative.

Reviewers have talked of the smell from the sewage treatment plant that is nearby. I believe the smell I was getting was from the rank, skanky flooded river water.

Flat.

Older baskets.

Poor on-line map.

Inconsistent signage.

Little in the way of obstacles.

The highlight of my experience here was a guy who was out training his lab birddog. I was able to observe him as well as pick his brain about his dog training routine. The dog was wonderfully obedient and fun to watch as he was sent through his paces.

A further observation. Riverview Park is located in Miami, Oklahoma. The Okies seem to pronounce it "My am ah" as opposed to those glitzy folks down in Florida who pronounce their Miami as "My am e." Makes no never mind to me.

I can't be too critical of the course as I was only able to play about 33% of it. However, I am fairly sure that Riverview would have proved to be too flat and wide open for my tastes. 2.0 rating. Had I been forced to set sail and sail away from the Smokers, I then would have been forced to deduct points.

The tee pads are nice and long and provide for good run up. The holes vary in distance, both long and short. There are a couple of holes that have ace run potential. The park itself is well maintained and the grounds were free from litter upon my visit. There wasn't much disc golf traffic here and the park is very quiet. This course uses what is available the best that can be done. Hole #18 was the best hole, in my opinion, that played along a creek and had a few trees to give you a nice and challenging line.

Navigation isn't the best I've ever seen. Some of the tee signs aren't very informative and are facing in the wrong direction for the way that the hole plays to add to the confusion. I only remember a couple of the baskets having numbers on them. If they had the numbers on them this might help with the confusion a bit. As stated in other reviews the baskets aren't the best in the world. Some of them were lower than normal and some were bent. I would guess that the mowers have been unkind to the bent baskets. I didn't have any problems with them catching, but I could see where it could be a problem for some.
The sewage smell that everyone refers to was very apparent on hole #1. This course is very wide open and there isn't much variety.

There are other amenities here in this park, a playground, and a very nice swimming pool. Maybe after your round you would like to take a swim and cool off. I would like to see some more holes that were technical in nature. I know you can only use what is provided to you but wide open holes do get repetitive after a while. I couldn't help but wonder what kind of holes could have been carved out of the dense trees to the south of hole #18. I don't even know what was in there but it would be a nice change of pace if a few holes were placed in those trees.
If you like a course that is wide open, with a few trees sporadicly sprinkled in here or there, then this course is right up your alley. This isn't a destination course by any means, but if you're in the area and feel the itch to play this course with suffice.

This course is located in a huge park in south Miami. Nice variety in distances (204-728 ft.) Very open, so you can practice those long distance drives. Tee pads were very nice and textured nicely which gave them excellent grip. Baskets were bright yellow which helped with navigation. Not very busy. We only saw two other groups playing. Navigation was fairly easy if you have the map. Otherwise you could get confused in several places (7 to 8, 15 to 16)

Flow of the course was very weird. It seemed like there were three mini course and they joined them all together. Baskets had a strange paint on them which made the chains more stiff. The actual basket part of the baskets were too small which made putting a lot harder. Tee signs weren't helpful. The only way you could find which basket to throw at would be looking at the roads on the signs and seeing where the roads were in real life. Very flat and wide open. Accuracy is not really needed here. It smelled like raw sewage around 1, 4, 17, and 18. Trash scattered in a few holes. Water doesn't really come into play when the creek is dry. Most of the holes were pretty boring. There just weren't any fun holes to play here.

Overall, this is a nice course for such a small town. This is a great place to try out a new driver because it's long and wide open and hardly anyone comes here. Don't plan a trip just to come here, go to Joplin instead, but if you live in the area it's a good course to add to your played list. There's a local water park in the same are so you could bring the whole family.

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Nice well kept park with plenty of parking space. Good textured concrete pads. Bright yellow baskets make finding the pin easy to see (provided you know which to aim at). Has a nice mix of hyzer and anhyzer shots. Not a lot of other amenities in the park to interfere with disc golf. Alternate tees marked with flags provide for a different course. Not overlwhelmingly long for newbies, but still has some decent long bomb holes (2 & 13) for advanced players.

Orientation problems. Needs better signage, as some have hole distances or even hole numbers. On some holes the signs are backwards making you think the hole goes the other way. The diagrams on some of the signs aren't much help. Pins have no hole number markings either except for a couple, one of which was wrong. Park is marshy, muddy, and looks like it would flood easy (in fact I had to break the golden retriever out to get my disc of a pool of ice along Hole 15). At least one place where fairways cross.

For a smaller town like Miami, this is a respectable course, but it could use some TLC. I was thinking of giving this course a 2.5, and then I got to the back nine and started getting a bit confused and wasn't sure that I was aiming at the right hole. New signage, perhaps some trees to help define fairways, and some new numbers on the baskets, and maybe I could upgrade this. Not a must play, as McClelland in Joplin is better, but okay for a round if you're in town.

Well kept clean park. Very open for learning how to throw.

No challenges, can flood, and if you make a mistake throwing near the river, the wind could take your disc and put it in the drink.

If you need to throw and you are here, go throw. It makes a good escape in a pinch when I am at my in-laws.